Is The Color Purple musical expected to be a hit?

OP wasn't the WSS story remake a musical like the original?

No way!

Yes r1 I meant that it flopped at the box office so maybe they don't want Color Purple seen as a musical too.

Flop.

No tracking on it yet so far?

Musicals don’t make money. It will bomb.

Pastoral and Patronizing

R6, Les Mis and Greatest Showman and La La Land made money.

But Color Purple will make no money because it lacks star power. Also, Fantasia is SO 2004!

R8, that’s not the norm and not today. Musicals are historically hard to sell to audiences. “West Side Story” was one of the current-day victims.

The girl with the fish eyes who played Ariel in the massive Little Mermaid bomb doesn’t help matters.

The reviews have been very positive from advance screenings. Movies don’t need stars to be hits today. I think it will have strong box office. Danielle Brooks is now the Supporting Actress front-runner.

[Quote]Les Mis and Greatest Showman and La La Land made money.

but In the Heights and West Side Story lost big time

R11, but it’s necessary for musicals, and it’s still not always sufficient.

r11 frontrunner according to whom?

R11=MT Statement

What's an MT statement?

R3: Why do you think they didn't show any of Mouseboy singing in the Wonka trailer?

Who wants to see that ugly bible thumper play Celie?

r2 - Uhhh...looks like a musical to me.

and how does it look to everyone else R19?

I'm not talking about the trailer at r2 I was talking about the TV commercials that are running. No singing whatsoever in those or at least in the one I saw.

I never got in the original how Celie could kiss Shug right after she told her she sure is ugly. That would be a slight turn off for me. Is it like that way in the book?

[quote] at least in the one I saw.

Just the one, dear?

The finger snapping is redolent of the gangs in West Side Story (1961) The music including the background music sounds godawful

It looks good, r24. I think it will do just fine.

R25 =desperate publicist😰😰😰

We shall see, r26.

Meh. I love The Color of Purple for its twisted humor and story. And the book was more dramatic.

Turning it into a cheesy musical does nothing for me.

R22 I think they fuck in the book.

Lesbian film

the cast and the film doesn't seem period at all

(^.^) don't

The Color Brown

Honestly none of the holiday movies look appealing - The Color Purple, Wonka, Aquaman 2, Ferrari.

Will it beat CATS as the worst musical-turned-movie?

All of Us Strangers is going to be #1

[quote]Honestly none of the holiday movies look appealing - The Color Purple, Wonka, Aquaman 2, Ferrari.

Hello!

The Iron Claw? God their holiday slate sucks this year.

Godzilla has NEVER given a bad performance; he never phones it in. The fake American version with Matthew Broderick and Madison Square Garden was a fake - a disgrace to the very reputation of Godzilla. It was akin to putting Beanie into " Funny Girl."

I escaped Godzilla when he attacked Brazil.

Aquaman wins! Core audience of incel men represents the majority of holiday cinema ticket buyers.

Can it be worse than Ma Rainy's Black Bottom?

Can't wait to see Wanka

I saw a preview screening and really enjoyed it. I thought the music enhanced the story (although they moved Miss Celie’s Blues to a different point in the movie and it didn’t seem as impactful but maybe that’s just me.) Danielle Brooks really steals the movie but all the performances are excellent.

I think it will do well but the one possible downside is that it sticks so close to Spielberg’s version that people who don’t like musicals might skip it and just rewatch the original.

The movie version of the Mean Girls musical didn’t include music either.

failed to earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy

OP - " I noticed the commercial contends no singing."

The commercial argues that there is no singing in the movie?

[quote] Who wants to see that ugly bible thumper play Celie?

Some of you can't tell us apart...

Fantasia "bible-thumped" her way to headline the Long Beach Pride festival several years ago when she was still a platinum-selling recording artist.

Wait, Wonka is a musical?

It will do well I bet. A Christmas release date is where it's at. I went to the multiplex a couple times on Christmas evening and everything was sold out. I remember suffering through LaLa Land the year it came out because there were no seats for anything else. Oprah's fans alone will make it a semi-hit at least.

[quote] I noticed the commercial contends no singing

Oh, dear!

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Will sexist black women ever not be angry, and will the "progressive" media ever just ignore their stupid utterances?

It currently has a 69 Metascore based on 28 reviews

"The Color Purple arrives as a confused byproduct of the industry’s best intentions and worst habits."- The Globe

Sorry, but the viewing public is tired of seeing black people, especially in a musical remake of an old, very good movie.

It's the musical that has everything: incest, rape, racism and abuse. How can it miss!

Opening Day: It's a hit in Harlem

Harlem? Can you imagine?

R3 But I feel like everyone knows West Side Story is a musical even the Gen Z audience the remake intended to attract. It is perhaps one of the most famous musicals of all time.

Nobody in LaLa Land is bigger than Taraji P Henson. Ryan Hosling is huge now but he was not bigger than Taraji P Henson when LaLa Land came out.

It has an 88 rating on rotten tomatoes. I likely will wait for streaming. I often enjoy reading the bad reviews of films that get strong critical praise just to view an alternate point of view. The bad review I read contended it could perhaps be true that Alice Walker’s novel is simply un-filmable.

Ooof nothing says old and provincial like you nasty decrepit bitches.

Barack Obama said in 2008 that marriage is between one man and one woman yet hold Fantasia Burrino’s feet to the fire, a poor non educated black woman who used poor words despite bettering herself attending pride events and supporting gay right in recent years.

let's not forget this cinema classic

Is Teacake black or a troll pretending to be black?

[quote] Sorry, but the viewing public is tired of seeing black people, especially in a musical remake of an old, very good movie.

*eyeroll*

This place IS the new Stormfront.

I think Teacake is black.

Its slip is showing.

⬇️Warner Bros.' musical, The Color Purple, which was brilliant out of the gate on Christmas Day with an $18.15M gross, boosted by group sales, continues to fall, with Wednesday down 45% from Tuesday to $3.9M at 3,152 theaters

From #1 on Monday to #4 on Wednesday

OP expectation vs reality

To be considered a success, The Color Purple needs to make $200 million at the box office, but it is expected to surpass that with its high critics score, positive reviews, and star-studded cast.

R55

You are stupid bigoted idiot. People who can read are sick your toxic crap.